A SnCl4.5H2O-mediated facile and efficient one-step synthesis of the tricyclic core of martinellic acid from readily available 2-(cyanomethyl)-3-oxo-N-arylbutanamides was developed and a mechanism involving consecutive hydrolysis of a cyano group and a double annulation process is proposed.
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